TEHRAN – The International Green Film Festival, centering on water and water scarcity in the country, will be coming back in December after a 10-year hiatus.

The festival will act as a national movement to help preserve the environment and draw people’s attention to the country’s deteriorating environment and raise awareness on how to protect it, secretary of the festival Farhad Tohidi told the Persian service of ISNA on Saturday.

“Interested applicants are asked to submit short films taken with their cell phones centering on the environment and issues dealing with destruction or protection of the environment. The length of the short films must be less than three minutes,” he said.

In addition, a group of artists active in different arena will be appointed within the next few weeks to act as ambassadors of the environment, he said, adding that these artists will assist in introducing the goals of the festival.

The festival will be held in Tehran, and a selection of participating films will go on screen in 31 provinces in collaboration with Iran’s Department of Environment’s offices in each province, he said.

Tohidi also added that the festival has been sponsored by Iran’s Department of Environment, but there are plans to hold the fifth edition in collaboration with the private sector.

An exhibition of visual artworks on environmental protection will also open on the sidelines of the festival, he added.

Photo: The secretary of the International Green Film Festival, Farhad Tohidi, attends a press conference in Tehran on March 7, 2015 to announce the resumption of the event. (Mehr/Mohammad Khodbakhsh)

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